The Piano Mill Awarded an Australian Institute of Architects – National Commendation
The Piano Mill by Conrad Gargett
Small Project Architecture: National Commendation
Australian Institute of Architects
Jury citation
This outback “tower of song” sits among tall eucalypt trees, a rural Gothic folly of dark cladding and tall proportions. Within a structure that performs with smoke and dynamic levers emitting experimental music, sixteen old pianos garnered from the region have been granted a new lease on life. Jostled together on elevated balconies set around a three-storey void designed for hoisting the instruments into place, they resonate in the rich timbered interior. Part building, part musical instrument, part stage set and part mad invention, this intriguing project is its architect and his family’s gift to the music community of Australia.
Website: www.thepianomill.org
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